It’s summer time in Europe and with the new French rugby season starting next month, Facebook seems full of the usual pictures and check-ins, as increasingly more of our intrepid rugby players take the plunge and head abroad to earn a bit of cash. […]
Posts tagged with: UKZN
Jake nabs another young Shark
11 Aug 16 10:13 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 11 Comments
Impi slain by assegai from behind
6 Apr 16 09:29 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 72 Comments
“Ubani benagathintu amabubhesi? Who here can touch the lions?” That’s how the song goes. After going through an almost flawless Varsity Shield campaign in 2016, UKZN Impi have learned the answer to that question, with tournament organisers finding them guilty of a player eligibility breach and docking an astonishing 12 log points after the fact. For Impi, in other words, there will be no final this year and more importantly, no chance of a promotion play-off against a UCT Ikeys side that would be unlikely to stand a chance against them this year. […]
Impi pipped at the post
29 Mar 16 09:40 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 42 Comments
Wits beat UWC by 60 points to 13 in yesterday’s final Varsity Shield round robin match, in the process sewing up top spot on the competition log and most importantly, gaining automatic promotion to next year’s Varsity Cup competition. […]
Impi bounce back in style
22 Mar 16 08:36 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 31 Comments
Facing an uphill struggle to obtain promotion to the Varsity Cup next year (after an unexpected setback against UWC on Saturday), Michael Horak’s UKZN Impi side showed tremendous composure in dispatching Fort Hare yesterday 97-0, in a 14-try drubbing. […]
Massive Impi slip hands Wits pole position
21 Mar 16 08:55 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 41 Comments
The UKZN Impi side – unbeaten to date in this year’s Varsity Shield – suffered a massive setback, losing 16-44 against UWC in Johannesburg on Saturday. Making the loss worse, closest rivals WITS had earlier recorded a big win over TUT to leapfrog the Natal side to the top of the competition standings. […]
Impi you beauties!
14 Mar 16 14:48 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 30 Comments
Michael Horak and the UKZN Impi team have taken another huge step towards Varsity Cup promotion in defeating nearest rivals Wits 26-21 in Johannesburg. […]
Impi’s big test (finally) arrives
14 Mar 16 10:06 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 37 Comments
For reasons that we’re all aware of (but will not be going into here), both the Varsity Cup and Varsity Shield competitions have been on hold for almost a month. There’s not been much fanfare around the announcement, perhaps understandably, but the competitions will resume today, with UKZN set to finally meet arch rivals Wits in a game sure to have a massive bearing on the promotion struggle. […]
Impi march on (after early scare)
19 Feb 16 11:09 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 91 Comments
Michael Horak’s UKZN Impi remain undefeated at the top of the Varsity Shield log, after a fourth straight competition victory last night. The Impi were made to work hard to overturn an 18-25 half-time deficit against TUT in Pretoria, running out 63-30 winners in an 9-try extravaganza. […]
Bosch back for Impi
18 Feb 16 10:05 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 69 Comments
Michael Horak has named his UKZN Impi team to take on the TUT Vikings in Pretoria tonight, the side’s second Varsity Shield fixture in just four days. […]
Tedder does it again
16 Feb 16 10:55 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 7 Comments
We don’t yet have a full match report to go on, but we can confirm that young flyhalf Tristan Tedder once again spearheaded the UKZN Impi side to a significant Varsity Shield win in Pietermartizburg last night. […]
Massive challenge for Impi
15 Feb 16 10:42 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 83 Comments
While two decent wins their opening Varsity Shield fixtures may have propelled Mike Horak and his Impi side to the summit of the log, staying there is going to prove challenging indeed – especially with their itinerary for the next eight days. […]
14-man Impi claim second Shield win
10 Feb 16 10:49 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 69 Comments
Michael Horak’s UKZN Impi team did was what required of them, recovering from a shock red card to centre Marius Louw to record a 24-13 away win over UWC in the second match of their Varsity Shield campaign on Monday. […]
Impi land the first blow
2 Feb 16 10:35 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 35 Comments
One feels that this season’s Varsity Shield competition (with the winner guaranteed promotion to an expanded Varsity Cup in 2017) was always going to be about UKZN vs Wits. With the Joburgers dominating the competition in its early years, Martizburg’s finest have emerged as worthy challengers in recent times, finally claiming the trophy last year for the first time. […]
Sharks continue to innovate on tour
2 Feb 16 10:08 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 22 Comments
You have to give Sharks CEO John Smit one thing – he does like to keep us on our toes! […]
Strong Impi to take on Wits this evening
1 Feb 16 08:00 by Rob Otto (robdylan) | 37 Comments
Varsity Shield is back, with Michael Horak’s UKZN Impi kicking off their title defence against arch-rivals Wits in Pietermaritzburg at 16h45 today. […]